Will he ever be healthy? Also, what has happened to Alverez? He was suppose to be the next big thing.

He's a couple weeks away from throwing off a mound. I'll say late April he is back with the club.

Alvarez is very streaky, but when he is locked in, he's such a tough out. I hope to see more consistency from him this year. Last year was only his first full year in the majors and he's been around since '10.

He's a couple weeks away from throwing off a mound. I'll say late April he is back with the club.

Alvarez is very streaky, but when he is locked in, he's such a tough out. I hope to see more consistency from him this year. Last year was only his first full year in the majors and he's been around since '10.

rotation should be able to duplicate last year's performance, maybe even be slightly better. All comes down to the pen being improved and preserving more of their games for them. Have to get the # of blown saves down

They will more then likely only pitch him 4-5 innings each start which should not ruin him. He would have started last year but with injuries last year in spring training. Pretty much anything that gets Mike Leake out of the starting lineup is a good thing.

it must be so great to make so much money for being really bad at your job. I'm still in awe that Jeff Mathis continues to find work for major league teams despite having a career BA under .200 and a career OPS of .570(and he's not a pitcher)

looking forward to him writing a book on how to stay empoyed in the major leagues despite being unable to play

Exactly. I don't know how he continues to do it. I thought it was Scioscia who loved the guy, but the Jays willingly traded for him and played him, and now the Marlins look set to do that. Granted, I'm not sure the Marlins count as a major league team anymore after Loria swindled the fan base and city yet again

Here's to hoping Jones plays like last year again. Can't really say this lineup has me excited, trottibg out pretty much the same team as last year and expecting different results. But Im gonna manage to make it back to Pittsburgh for the opener so that's a start.

Here's to hoping Jones plays like last year again. Can't really say this lineup has me excited, trottibg out pretty much the same team as last year and expecting different results. But Im gonna manage to make it back to Pittsburgh for the opener so that's a start.

I think the offense will be better this year. Everyone is a year older and has more experience. That'll help. I could see Tabata winning the RF job and being our leadoff man.

I am very excited about this upcoming season, especially since I got to live 2 miles away from Fenway Pahk during the summer. But as much excitement there is, I don't see much for Red Sox to be excited about.